This Is The ONE Tourist Trap You're Missing Out On In Each U.S. State....

[ArtsieAng Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close ArtsieAng]

I've been to a few of them, and some others looked like they'd be worth a visit.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/0..._hp_ref=travel

[Luanne Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Luanne]

I was surprised to see that I'd been to several as well.

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

Only one for me, but I've stopped there over a dozen times.

[Luanne Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Luanne]

Actually only three, but I've passed right by another two.

[chriskre Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close chriskre]

I've been to only 5.
I stopped at the Custard stand in Branson and had no clue it was a must do Tourist trap.
There was always a huge line and now I know why.
I still prefer ice cream though.

[easyrider Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close easyrider]

The Starbucks at Pikes Place Market is usually crowed when ever we visit. Looking at all of the places the WA pick is pretty good, imo.

[GrayFal Silver Contributor and supermoderator Find all posts View Profile Close GrayFal]

I have only been to one, Vermonts. Ben and Jerry....I bet Wackymother has been to a whole bunch of these....it's her thing!

[IreneLF Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close IreneLF]

I've been to 7.
Find it a strange list.
Top of the Rock is not in the same category as a Ben&Jerry Factory or Dollywood, . Do believe many of them do not qualify as 'tourist traps'..
(South of the Border is in a category of its own lol)

[Nancy Platinum Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close Nancy]

I got 8. Bad thing is, the states I live/lived in, I haven't been to those. Interesting fun list.

Nancy

[Hobbitess Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Hobbitess]

I was starting to think I hadn't been to any, but then I hit the Jolly Green Giant, which I have been to many a time (we take a break there when driving across MN on 90). My parents grew up not too far from there, and my dad worked in the Blue Earth canning factory one summer when he was a kid. Blue Earth is pronounced something like "Blerth" by the natives -- I was probably twelve before I realized it was "Blue Earth" and not some weird word that related to nothing else I knew. Not complaining about their choice, but really the Spam Museum is probably the most classic Minnesota tourist trap -- no gift shot by Jolly Green. They're about equal to my mind, but middle daughter thinks the Spam Museum is the Best Ever -- mostly because "it's own little experience, entirely different from anything else", therefore anything else you suggest that she thinks is cool is in another category.

I think I'm the only one in the family who hasn't been to the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta (my sister lives in Albuquerque). I have been to Hershey's Chocolate World and to Dollywood, so three total for me.

I agree with IreneLF that it's an odd list. If South of the Border is the epitome of Tourist Traps (which it seems to be), then Delicate Arch doesn't even belong on the list. Wall Drug is the more laid-back Midwest version of South of the Border and would have made more sense for South Dakota; barring that, the Corn Palace still makes more sense to me than Crazy Horse, because Crazy Horse is as much art and political statement as anything. The Corn Palace has an artistic aspect, too, but the original motivation was primarily to develop a tourist trap.

Any fan of tourist traps should check out Roadside America:

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/

I don't always remember to check there before we go, but did remember to take pictures of the kids with the Nashville polar bears our last trip:

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/4280

But, while it's full of pic possibilities, mostly I use Roadside America stuff as a "stop and stretch our legs" kinda thing. Very handy site for that. Although I use google to search it, or just follow links from one thing to another; their on-site search engine isn't always the best, IMHO.

[philsfan Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close philsfan]

I was shocked to find out that I have been to 5 and it might be 6. I can't remember if my parents dragged me to the alligator place in Florida on the same trip we hit South of the border in 1977.

[jackio Gold Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close jackio]

3 for me, but then again I've hardly been to any states LOL

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

I'm surprised they didn't have gatorland in the Orlando area. The gator place in St. Augy is one I never heard of.

[Pstreet1 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Pstreet1]

Years and years ago, I was sucked into going to the Polynesian Cultural Center, and it is hokey and a trap--but I can't place Ted Drews Frozen Custard in the same category. It's available only in St. Louis, and only at two locations. The founder says it is a gift to St. Louis and it will never be franchized out of St. Louis. If you haven't tried it, you definitely haven't experienced the best frozen custard there is, imo.